The regional context of Islam in Russia: Diversities along the Volga

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-461

  Matsuzato, Kimitaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrakhan'; Avars; Bashkirs; Bashkortostan; Imams; Islam; Madrassah; Muftiates; Orenburg; Perm'; Russian Muslims; Saratov; Tatars; Tatarstan; Wahabism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; GEOPOLITICS; ISLAMISM; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33748775182     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.47.4.449     Document Type: Article

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